A hospital can be a frightening place for children, which in turn creates a barrier of distrust nurses must work through in order to provide them with adequate care. However, recently released ...

New research shows hospital scrubs can easily be contaminated with bacteria even when nurses wear clothing made with antibacterial fabric. Researchers from Duke University Hospital tested whether the ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The “scrubs” of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses often pick up disease-causing germs, including those resistant to antibiotics, a new study reports. “We know there are bad germs in ...

Amanda Vranish, a pediatric nurse at WVU Medicine Children’s, came with the “Hair Fairy Cart” donations to make it fashionably fun for the young patients she sees daily. Meet Amanda Vranish: full-time ...

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, which owns and operates the newly rebranded John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, reportedly issued a policy restricting pediatric nurses from wearing ...

I work in Boston's Longwood Medical Area, one of the densest concentrations of hospitals in the country, and I often have this reaction when I'm out on the street among my work neighbors: "Dude. Ew." ...